New On the Website: Lost Chapters
Now up on in a permanent place on the Diversions Page, from now unto the next time my website crashes, you can find two chapters that were excised by my editor: the “lost” Chapter 29 of The Ashford Affair, in which All Was Explained, and the discarded Epilogue of That Summer (in which some things…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Do you ever get to the end of the week and find yourself completely incapable of remembering what you read– or did– earlier that week? That’s me right now. Somewhere in the mix was Bill Bryson’s essay collection, I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away, about returning to…
Read MoreTHAT SUMMER: The Lost Epilogue
I’ve been asked frequently whether there might be a sequel to That Summer, my novel about an inherited house, a hidden painting, and the early days of the Preraphaelite movement. Fun fact: That Summer is the only one of my stand alone novels for which I never toyed with the idea of a sequel. But…
Read MoreWillig, Williams, & White Open House– Tonight!
It’s a book party and you’re invited! Head over to the Romance of Reading Facebook page tonight between four o’clock and eight o’clock Eastern time to join us in celebrating Beatriz’s latest book, chatting about our upcoming books, banter, book talk, and, of course, prizes. I’ll be there talking about The English Wife, the next…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
There are some weeks when you just need a Georgette Heyer novel. This was one of them. So I pulled out my battered old copy of one of my top ten Heyers, The Talisman Ring, which contains some of my absolute favorite comic moments (such as the hero’s absolute refusal to ride ventre a terre),…
Read MoreIt's a Three W Party– and You're Invited!
Next week, our own Beatriz Williams is releasing the second book in the Edwardian-set mystery series she writes under her secret bat name, Juliana Gray. So Karen White and I couldn’t resisting breaking out the virtual bubbly. Come join us next Monday, 9/25 over at the Romance of Reading Facebook Page, where we’ll be chatting,…
Read MoreENGLISH WIFE Give Away Ends Today!
It’s your last chance to win one of the 150 advance copies of The English Wife St. Martin’s Press is giving away on Goodreads! The Goodreads give away closes at midnight (West Coast time) tonight, so head on over and throw your hat in the ring for a chance to win one of these!
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
It’s always a joy discovering a new series. Instant reading material! This week, I moved on to book two in the Invisible Library series, The Masked City. These books remind me so much of Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next books. Anyone else remember and love those? After that, I zigzagged back to Scotland and women’s fiction…
Read MorePink Books in Forbes Magazine!
In the “random but wonderful” category, a quote from one of the Pink Carnation books was featured in last week’s Forbes Magazine! I am so thrilled to be hanging out there with Agatha Christie and Dom Perignon. (Especially Dom Perignon! Pass the bubbly, please….) The quote in question is from The Garden Intrigue, Augustus Whittlesby…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
So many thanks to Alison for recommending Frederica! This is, indeed, an excellent Heyer, with all the best Heyer features: a lofty hero rendered human by an unlikely heroine, comic side characters, and an enforced stay in an inn (Heyer does excellent comic relief with enforced stays at inns: see also Sprig Muslin and The…
Read More